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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,201, dated March 11, 1890,. l Application filed November 7, 1889. Serial No. 329,496. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. E. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Boone, State of lndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and 1o useful improvements in felices; 'and it has for its object to provide an improved foot-brace and support for the post, and also an improved means of tightening or slackening the wire in hot or cold weather. These are the primary objects. Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this speciiication, and in which# Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a fence embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an end View thereof,looking in the direc,-V tion of the arrow in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail showing a corrugated stay.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views.

Referring to the details of the drawings by letter,A represents a metallic foot-brace or support formed with horizontal flanges A and'vertical flanges A2. This foot piece or brace is designed to be placed in the ground and the flanges designed to be weighted down with rocks or suitable ballast to hold it more firmly in its place, and this also prevents its settling sidewise.

` B is an end post braced by means of the inclined brace B', suitably'snpported at its lower end and at its upper end notched intothe post, as shown at B2, and the two parts firmly held together by means of the bolts B3, provided with suitable nuts fortightening the parts when 11ecessary. The 'lower end of the post B is bifurcated, as shown at B4, to embrace the web A3 of the foot-bracc A, and is held thereto by means of a single bolt C,which passes through the web and through bifurcations of the post, and is provided with suitable nut or nuts for tightening the same.

l) are brace-arms, one upon each side of the web of the foot-brace, being secured thereto at their lower ends by means of the bolt or rivet 5 5- D', which passes through said ends and through a hole in the web, and their upper ends are bowed or curved outwardly and embrace the bifurcations of the post, and are se cured thereto by means of the bolt O, which 6o secures said post to the web. This forms a firm hold for the post B, but yet allows the same to have a movement on said bolt in the direction of the line of fence under undue f strain on the wires to prevent breakage at the 6 5v junction of the post with the foot-brace. The lower end of theV brace B is preferably supported upon a rock or other analogous device C in such manner that it may have slight movement thereon in the line of the fence un 7o der' undue strain on the wire. The lower end of this inclined brace B is held to the footbrace A by means of the loop F., the bight of which is seated in a notch E in. the web of the footbrace, and the ends after passing through suitable holes in the vertical anges A2 of said web are secured upon atransverse bolt E2 in said inclined brace.

F are the fence-wires, which at the post end are connected to the ends of loops F on the 8o end post, the said loops being formed with openings F2, through which4 a bar or other suitable instrument may be placed to twist the wires to tighten the same or to untwist them to slacken the same when occasion may 8 5 require. The other end of the fence-wires are similarly con nected with suitableloops F3, prvided with similar holes F4 for alike purpose, the loops FB having their ends around the uprights or bars G held together by means of the 9o bolts G and nut G2, by means of which the said bars or uprights G G may be drawn together or separated, as may be desired, for the purpose of tightening or slackening the wires.

Il is a panel or stay provided with apertures in line with the fencenwires, and the said panel is held to the fence-wires by means of short wires H', which are passed through said open ings in the panel ll to form a loop H2, through which the fence-wires pass. The ends of the roo short wires may then be brought around the panel and tightly twisted about the fencewires upon opposite edges of the panel, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 or said ends may form the loop, as shown at the bottom of Fig. 3.

A fence constructed as above described can be readily set up or taken apart for transportation. It forms a rigid fence, yet allows of a vibration in the line of fence under undue strain upon the wire without separation of the post and foot-brace, and the wires may be readily and easily tightened or slackened, as may be desired.

l may sometimes employ a corrugated stay or panel, in which case the loop H2 will be passed through the bend in the stay, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the metal at the bend being preferably cut away, as shown, to form a seat for the wire F, as shown in said figure.

v Vhat l claim as new isn l. The combination, with the foot-brace and the post having bifurcated lower end embracing the web of the foot-brace,and the braces D, secured to t-he foot-brace upon opposite Sid es of the web thereof, of the transverse bolt securing the braces, post, and foot-brace together,- substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the foot brace formed with Vertical 'flanges and notched, as

shown, of the post secured to said foot-brace,

the inclined brace B', and the loop having its bight seated in said notch, with its ends passed through openings in the verticalflanges of the foot-brace and secured to the lower end of the inclined brace, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the post and its support, the fence wire having its end passed `around the post to form a loop embracing said post, with the end of the wire twisted around the main wire, with an opening F2 formed between the twist in the end and the loop, substantially as and for the purpose specilied. l

4. The combination, with the post and fencewires, of the corrugated panel or stay having openings in line with the fence-wires, and the short wires having their bights passed through the openings in the bend of the panel and embracing the fence-wires and their ends passed angularly around the panel and seof the panel,vsubstantially as shown and described. e Y

In testimony whereof I al'lix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. E. ANDERSON. lllitiiesses:

IKE P. HooToN, ALEXANDER O. SPENCER.

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